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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Citus vs. FileMaker vs. NCache vs. Postgres-XL

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score2.21
Rank#118  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.citusdata.comwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.citusdata.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlachisoft
Initial release20162010198320052014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release2.1, December 20188.1, December 201819.4.1, November 20215.3.3, April 202410 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalityyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
PHP.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnoneyeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AgensGraphCitusFileMakerNCachePostgres-XL
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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